MacLeod, Nicholas James Lewis(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-07-02)

Aims: The primary aim of this thesis was to explore the role of palliative
radiotherapy in the treatment of pain in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM).
The effect of radiotherapy on other symptoms was also examined. ...

Pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD) derivatives interact with the minor-groove of
DNA to form mono-adducts (monomers) or cross-links (dimers). They show
remarkable activity in vitro and in vivo in a wide range of tumour types ...

Background
Qualitative longitudinal research (QLR) has a long history in the social sciences, where
its theoretical basis is well established. Qualitative longitudinal (QL) methods are
gaining popularity in health care ...

In Chapter I, the approach taken to the study of records is
introduced. Sociologists and historians treat records as only
contingently true. However, they do not explicate the source of
the contingency. They do not ...

Thirty-one patients who had suffered a stroke which
caused varying degrees of impairment of discriminative
sensation were serially tested for stereognosis and 7
other modalities of sensation. Each patient was regularly
tested ...